1984 – Bhopaw disaster: A medyw isocyanate weak from a Union Carbide pesticide pwant in Bhopaw, India, kiwws more dan 3,800 peopwe outright and injures 150,000–600,000 oders (some 6,000 of whom wouwd water die from deir injuries) in one of de worst industriaw disasters in history.

1994 – Taiwan hewd de first fuww wocaw ewections; James Soong ewected as de first and onwy direct ewected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became de first direct ewected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became de first directed Mayor of Kaohsiung.